Hundreds of sunburned, unshowered North American and European tourists set adrift indefinitely

[Morakot]

Thai Navy Pushes Full-Moon-Party-Raver Ferry Out To Sea

NTN, 29 March 2015

KOH PHANGAN – The Royal Thai Navy has controversially refused to let a ferry full of backpackers, island party-goers, and other low-budget tourists land on Thai soil, citing national security reasons and issues of Thai sovereignty.

The Phangan Prince, a diesel-powered 150-seat wooden boat operated by the Full Moon Island Tour company, departed from Bophut pier on Koh Samui at 8:30am Thursday, but was intercepted on route to its destination at Haad Rin beach by a Thai naval destroyer. The naval ship hailed the ferry captain and ordered it to turn around. However, once it re-approached Bophut pier another smaller navy gunboat blocked its path and fired warning shots across the ferry’s bow, startling the approximately 320 foreigners aboard.

http://notthenation.com/2015/03/thai-navy-pushes-full-moon-party-raver-ferry-out-to-sea/

[MaeJoMTB]

April fool with the wrong date.

[phutoie2]

April fool with the wrong date.

not quite, "notthenation" runs pretty much 12 months of the year. Lost some of its bite recently, picking on softer targets maybe due to martial law and General P's love of the media.

[noikrit]

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[marko kok prong]

could they not have fired a broadside,then Tat could talk it up as 'live naval action experience'.